Travel Blogs from Flagstaff, United States

... West toward Flagstaff, Az. only 38 mile direct West. We noticed cloudiness at the base of the mountains North of Flagstaff. Rhonda and I both mentioned it must be raining. NOT. As we approached Flagstaff, maybe 5 miles from the hotel, ...

... either. I have never experienced feelings like today, just taking in the utter beauty and brilliance of this area of our UnitedStates of America. I will only add that there were times along the banks of the rocky river bed that I felt closer ...

... , and it was actually a quite pleasant and enjoyable ride back. I spent the rest of the day just hanging out in town, and I discovered Flagstaff is a pretty cool place. The next day was the tour, and I'm glad I decided to go on it. The guide, Chad, was ...

Dean: From Las Vegas we got the Greyhound to Flagstaff, which we decided would be a good base for seeing the Grand Canyon and the Ancestoral Pueblo Dwelings (where the old ancient Indians lived!). We met up with Daniel (who had gone his own way from San ...

... exists. Unfortunately the pictures I took won't do it justice so you'll have to go there yourself.
I went back to Flagstaff and was dutifully informed of free unlimited Internet access at the local university by one of my room-mates. I'm going to ...

... a sunrise at the Grand Canyon - Yavapai Point
Best closest hostel to the Grand Canyon - The Grand Canyon Hostel in downtown Flagstaff. This place is pretty nice and very very clean. Unfortunately, it's less than a block from the train station and ...

... of tepid/brown/foul-tasting emergency tap water we were lugging along. The temperature has definitely greatly improved. When we arrived in Flagstaff, it was only 87F – lovely. Flagstaff is Arizona's 3rd biggest city with a population on 60,000. At ...

Wow, this is going back a few years. I have no idea when I actually went to the Grand Canyon. I just know that I went, and I was a young child. I do remember the majesty of it. I wanted to go down to the bottom on mules, but we didn't. I plan on doing ...

... to a recreational area known as Snow Bowl just to gather some karma for this year's football showdown in January. In Flagstaff I visited the Lowell Observatory where the planet Pluto was first observed and where Mars was first seriously mapped. It's a ...

We had previously heard from Cari (ex Gapper) that we could come visit her in Flagstaff seing that the Canyon is soooo close. We hadn't been able to contact her and had just hiked 9 miles out of the Canyon and were dusty & sore. We couldn't get any cell ...

... Flagstaff Now, there was something about Flagstaff which I had read which concerned me greatly. "Since the 1950’s Flagstaff has been a pioneer in combating light pollution, to help preserve the dark sky at night. Flagstaff has declared ...

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Flagstaff with Dales family. This was fun, but bittersweet. It was Dale's parents 50th anniversary so we went to Ft. Tuthill and rented an A frame cabine. Sad was the fact that Bruce was not present. Oh well. We saw ...

... still going well, and I finally made it to the southwest, which I am so excited about!! Right now I am about 7000ft up in Flagstaff (where I have seen some snow on the ground). But I'll get you up to speed first. After leaving Lafayette I went to Austin, ...

We left Kanab after a short scare - we left one of the connection bolts on the Roadmaster towing bar on the ground by mistake, and without it we wouldn't be able to pull Smarty, and there was no hope of getting a part here. Walking to the office to ...

MONDAY 27 MARCH - LAS VEGAS-FLAGSTAFF. DAY 7
I decided to buy a souvenir spoon at each place I go to. Nice and tacky and available at most places - perfect. There were a couple of Kiwis at the Greyhound Bus Station who were going to Flagstaff ...

... we went for a short 4 mile run around campus and the greenway next to the highway. This was the first run I thought was pretty tough. Flagstaff is right at 7000 feet and we could feel it. I think it was the fact though that we had been driving the past 2 ...

2010 U.S. Road Trip – Day 12 - 6/30/2010 – Destination Flagstaff, AZ Woke up to a downpour this morning which made it difficult to tear down camp. That seam sealer that I had applied to the rain fly prior to leaving for this trip proved its ...

We have just arrived at this great hostel after a pretty good 4 hour ride on the Greyhound from Las Vegas. Flagstaff is very nice, but we are only here for 1 night before heading out for our big hike in the canyon tomorrow. We have also lost an important ...

... environment. Their descendants still live nearby, including Hopi, Zuni and Navajo people. Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff, Arizona provides an opportunity to explore ancient dwellings built into the cliffs of the canyon and occupied from ...

... ;confident we would have enough to get to Sedona, but just to be sure, and to make me happy, we would fill up in Flagstaff, the town before Sedona. We couldn't find a fuel station that our van could easily drive into, and as it ...

... when we made it up to the top. We ended up driving to flagstaff that day to eat at a chilies. We stayed in a hotel in flagstaff that night instead of driving all the way back after we got groceries just to wake up the next morning and drive the same route ...

... year or so this charge will have decreased, I will definately come back and do it when it does.
Accomodation in flagstaff was great - a friendly international hostel with a mixture of like minded travellers. I loved the free continental breakfast each ...

... of myself standing on a corner (you know - Tori Amos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akH22Nz9x-4 ). But the closest I got to is Flagstaff (less than an hour away. On the way back to San Diego we passed by Sedona (the big red rock formations place) where ...